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NPR|WAMC’s “51%” podcast: Shani Adess on domestic violence law

NPR|WAMC's "51%" podcast: Shani Adess on domestic violence law

  • July 22, 2025
  • 1:13 pm

NYLAG Vice President Shani Adess, who previously worked as the associate director of NYLAG's Domestic Violence Law Unit, spoke with NPR/WAMC radio and "51%" podcast host Jesse King about domestic violence law and what survivor-centered and trauma informed advocacy looks like for folks navigating New York's legal system.

"The best thing that we can do is to make people's worlds bigger. So, whenever they're ready, they can engage with us.

And that we should - as individuals, as a community, as the systems that survivors are engaging with - trust survivors when they come forward and make ourselves as accessible as possible to them so that they don't face another barrier that could impede their ability to reclaim their lives as they're trying to.

Listen to the full conversation on NPR/WAMC Northeast Public Radio's "51%" program, originally aired and published on July 17, 2025.

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